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New data from Stack Overflow's 2025 Developer Survey reveals 84% of developers now use or plan to use AI tools daily, yet trust in their accuracy has nosedived to just 3%. This reliance amid skepticism is fueling debugging nightmares and technical debt, forcing a reckoning over productivity metrics and the future of coding expertise.

Stack Overflow's 2025 survey reveals a striking contradiction: While 84% of developers now use AI tools—with over half using them daily—trust in these systems has plummeted. Only 3% of engineers highly trust AI outputs amid rising concerns about near-miss solutions, debugging nightmares, and accumulating technical debt.